Day 6 of Learn Fusion 360 in 30 Days for Complete Beginners! - 2023 EDITION

[@ProductDesignOnline]

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[@timcoughlin6677]

This guy is easily one of the best teachers and content creators i've seen on youtube. Shows beginners how to do the absolute basics, overcome common issues, flows well. Really solid.

[@ThePotterWasp]

Absolutely agree!!

[@thomashowey9014]

Just got into 3d printing and started trying to learn fusion360 to make a specific part I needed. Thought I could teach myself and became so overwhelmed that I came to youtube and after 5 of your videos I've already been able to design and print two parts I needed. Can't wait for more videos to learn from!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Glad to hear that, Thomas! Happy new year and happy 3D printing!

[@spongesurf12]

A note as I'm doing this here in 2024 is when you select "All" for Extents during creation of the hole, the Drill Point option goes away.

[@Kralasaurusx]

Yeah that threw me off too. I guess it makes sense though because the option has no effect when selecting "All" for extent anyways, so they must have removed it intentionally to make it more clear that it doesn't affect anything.

[@PeaceLoveAndGuns]

@@Kralasaurusx This.

[@jdspetersgaming]

thanks for the clarification

[@astriddegaste4972]

This course is so high quality! I've rarely found "follow along" courses to be so dense in good advice and well put together. Amazing job!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@guentherandresen6243]

Hi, Check your hint (6:45)! If the chamfer of a nut is not captured by the thread, a bolt cannot be screwed in. Guenther

[@hurtihurti]

I was looking for this comment!

[@jurajbandur3178]

me too @@hurtihurti

[@gbjl26]

Yes exactly! I was like "why on earth would I want to offset the thread beyond the chamfer..." great illustration of the potential gap between designers and manufacturers. Thread tapping 101: drill the hole, cut the chamfer, tap the thread.

[@jonnieZG]

So basically, the Fusion 360 Hole feature is wrong when making a thread on a countersunk hole (Countersink + Tapped)? I did mine by making a simple tapped hole and substracting a cone with 14mm diameter x 7mm high from the middle of the screw.

[@AgusLivio]

So we need to let the thread go all the way?

[@jlovestick]

I've watched a lot of fusion videos, yours are by far the easiest to learn from. I look forward to each one every week.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks, John! Appreciate your support.

[@loefflerg]

@@ProductDesignOnline My one suggestion... PIN a reply at the top of the comments and add Trouble-Shooting tips from all of the comments that follow the lesson. I got lost with the Bottle sketch and re-did it like 4 times and still couldn't finish that particular lesson. I just watched the rest of it and moved on. No further issues with the next lessons.

[@nabeel164]

I'm absolutely loving your classes - what a gift to have found them. And am equally thankful that you're teaching in metric! 🙏🙏🙏

[@4115steve]

thanks for all these videos. you are literally the best fusion 360 teacher on youtube

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@makermark67]

Thank you, Kevin, for taking the time to put these out. They are extremely helpful!!

[@dargasb]

Thank you immensely for this series!!! I am retired now and just received a 3d printer as a gift and I am trying to learn to model some items for repairs/add-ons around my shop and home. Thank you very much for the videos!!!!

[@rajendergurung7867]

I want every beginners to start from this series of tutorial as they will develop gradually most of the commands and constrains as they learn the projects. Thank you again for these valuable lessons.

[@To13ias]

This is a great series! Thank you! I've been doing one lesson every couple days and then trying to implement what I learn in little projects on my own. Very much appreciate this content! Thanks again! :)

[@rudraksh9540]

Awesome tutorials man! I was a total newbie 3 days ago and now I feel totally equipped for 3D Designing my very own stuff. Very well explained, in details, not too fast, not too slow, Just Perfect!

[@TrueNorthZero]

Thank you for providing this resource

[@matthewkeller2072]

Might be a little late to the party and love the videos! When I go to mirror the chamfers 6:40, the only thing that mirrors is the profile

[@EatMagnets]

I am even a bit later, but I have the same problem

[@dp1mat33]

Glad I found your series of fusion 360 tutorials. I am learning quite a bit. Thank you!!

[@libbysyddall5586]

Nailed this one x

[@YungFlipFlop243]

Can't wait for day 7!

[@crunchybanana252]

I'm learning inventor for school but using this at home, this series is nice to bridge the knowledge gap

[@lauprellim]

This is good. I joined your Patreon. Looking forward to more designing.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for your support!!

[@avocetproduction]

I am hooked one these video! Thank you and I just joined as well. Will you continue to keep going for the 30 days?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hi Jim. That's the plan. I will be recording 7 and 8 when I return from the Holidadys in early Jan. Thanks for your support and happy holidays!

[@ShadyOaksCNC]

Great thanks

[@Core2]

Amazing stuff! Keep it up!

[@IIISPQRIII]

Just a heads up if your cutout is not producing the expected result. You should have a flat edge of the hex body facing front when you do the projection. If you have an angle facing front it will place the projection in the center of that edge. You'll need to revolve the hex body along the Z axis by 30 deg otherwise the cutout will not work correctly.

[@qupation7296]

Yoooo thank you so damn much. I couldn't understand what was wrong for like 30 minutes.

[@alexgallegos5963]

Thank you teacher for your quality course, you're helping me advance my career as a machinist.

[@sp276]

I was having an issue trying to do the revolve and had to pack it up for the day. Coming back the next day I realized I omitted the project step. It's all good now. Thank you for the great tutorials.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Glad you sorted it out! Happy learning :)

[@smellycat249]

Thank you so much

[@MaPf818]

I'm not sure what's the bug here, but this hex nut will not work as the thread is not open to the chamfer. At 7:05 you even close the "colliding side" which would be the only open side. Is this a bug in Fusion360 or how can you create a working thread with this tool?😀 Except for this, I like your videos a lot!

[@pretzelbro]

I noticed this too! I think I found a work around. When you create the threaded hole, don't choose Countersink but leave it Simple, then afterward, as a separate step, chamfer each edge of the hole. But, because the threads are in the way you wont be able to select the round edges of the hole to chamfer it. So, you have to set the Thread depth to 9.8mm then Offset by 0.1mm (1/2 of hole length minus thread depth), then you will be able to select each edge of the hole and chamfer it.

[@MaPf818]

@@pretzelbro to create a working thread, you can also create a simple thread (without counter sink) and afterwards put a chamfer on the edge. To get the chamfer you can rotate a triangle on both sides like done for the outer edges before.

[@willd7033]

You can also just run the hole twice. Once as a simple hole with the chamfer. Then do another hole with just the threads. This cuts the threads through the chamfer.

[@tekmouse]

@@willd7033 How do you do that if there is no plane to choose from because the hole is already cut?

[@AgusLivio]

Thank you! You rock my friend!

[@bpringle21]

For those confused around @3:40, He exits the sketch before the revolve. You can click and hold and make a selection.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Activating the Revolve tool (any modeling command) will automatically 'Finish Sketch' for you. Thanks for calling out the click and hold!

[@bpringle21]

@@ProductDesignOnline I thought I activated it and was still in the sketch. I'll double check when I do it again. Thanks! Also love this series, been very helpful. You do a great job keeping it short and to the point. Clear directions and explanations without getting too wordy.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

​@@bpringle21 Thank you! Glad to hear that :)

[@mklaesi]

awesome, im learning alot from you

[@lucaspanichella6747]

thanks man, i'll keep watching your next videos.

[@zMarcusHD]

to create the chamfers on the edges, i found it more intuitive to sketch a circle on the top plane, and use that as a path for the sweep tool to cut the chamfers in. not sure if there's any benefit/downside to this approach instead of using the revolve tool and the z axis.

[@jasminekshirsagar5134]

Thankyouuuuu for this !!!

[@CTZN1]

how you get values 8.5mm when doing the chamfer collide problem at 7:03? because if i want to create another nut, i cant re use that 8.5mm right? is this nut, with 8,5mm, is usable in real world? like normal nut that wont get stuck because chamfer colliding?

[@Amn2k9]

Thanks for some great lessons / Tutorials, I am learning so much! I have to pause or slow down the video often though to catch up, but well that is not a problem. :) About making the thread - I am guessing Fusion 360 was updated since this video, since when doing the thread the Drill Point option was not there just now when doing the Hex Nut. I double and triple checked that I followed all instructions, and while everything else was there, just that one option was not. The end result was however the same. I guess maybe Autodesk removed or moved one of the choices, and made the flat etc. standard?

[@DaveBoatBuilder]

This is gold

[@danilo352]

Thank you for this! Where did the 8.5mm come from for the offset in 7:00?

[@JACQUELINERODRIGUEZ-yi2th]

At 3:57 it doesn’t give me the option to select profile and instead only shows sketch line and edge

[@garycullen1241]

@JACQUELINERODRIGUEZ-yi2 It sounds like you didn't snap the angle line to close the profile. The shape should turn blue when it is a closed profile. Hide the body to see if your shape turns blue. Go back and watch every step he does! You have to watch his pointer carefully. He;s not hiding anything. It's all on the video. Slow the playback speed down,to .75 or even .o5. to help you follow each step. That setting on you tube, is under settings (Star shaped symbol, 5th symol from the right on the bottom of the screen.if you didn't know that). I'm a beginner too. I spend 10 -12 hours a day trying to learn this Fusion 360! It can be difficult, but it's always on the video, no matter who your watching! Good luck!

[@gotwake5]

Is your XYZ set up differently than default. My design comes to a halt when I try to project the same way you did. I am unable to get the purple dot in the top right corner. I noticed your XYZ compared to “Front, Top, etc.” is different than mine. 2:19

[@sahilkumarthakur5137]

Same

[@asdf1616]

@@sahilkumarthakur5137 I reseted the settings to the default as he showed in the first video of the series and that fixed it for me.

[@jamiehooton6253]

I had the same problem but tried @@asdf1616 trick of resetting to defaults (mine seemingly had wandered) which also worked for me! Thanks.

[@chadhiggins8397]

That's a really good tutorial! Very well done! Not to be too picky about it, but don't we want the threads to go through the chamfer?

[@tonysmith7702]

Excellent video Kevin!.

[@mbreezer86]

Wonderful. Thank you very much

[@kareemahmed5036]

This is awesome!!!♥ when will the rest be available

[@ashers_workshop]

Let the man take his time. I know we want it, but it really takes a lot of time and effort for what may seem a short video. This guy is actually giving it to us for FREE! Most courses of this quality are expensive. Also, you can watch his course for the older version of Fusion which I think is nearly the same.

[@nick11118888]

Thank you

[@WACOMalt]

Overall great course, but this one has some issues. Mainly that the threads will not actually work if modeled this way. The threads do not continue through the inside taper, which meansthis would not be able to screw onto a bolt. The best bet is to do a straight through, non-countersunk threaded hole, and then do the same triangle revolve as we did on the outside, again for the inside. When you mirror be sure to get this new taper as well (which for me took two separate mirror operations). An alternative would be to try and drill the hole after the inside chamfer, but I couldnt get that to work cleanly.

[@sahilhasan1985]

Day 6 completed ✅

[@snowfire437]

Im on lesson day 6 on my second day learning. Your videos are made so well and easy to learn. The one thing I wish you would include is how you calculated the dimensions some of these dimensions or how you came up with those numbers. Other than that these videos are great for people who are new to modeling.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hey, thanks for the feedback! Generally, dimensions are pulled from online references. I've found it challenging in other teachings to focus too much on those as it can detract from the software teachings vs the product. I tried creating reference drawings at one point... but few ppl utilized them :)

[@snowfire437]

@@ProductDesignOnline I see. Well keep up the great videos.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@snowfire437 Thank you!

[@cheblack677]

The thread might not collide with chamfrain, but you will never be able to screw anything there. In order to do so, you need to do just the opposite.

[@harshilpanchal2229]

4:50 this is definitely a me problem but do you explain the various features of the hole tab later on? because i dont know what exactly i am setting when i select countersink, tapped, offset, etc. Do let me know if i should do the research on my own

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Good question. Those are not explained in much detail in this course. 🙂

[@harshilpanchal2229]

@@ProductDesignOnline no worries, I'll search them up on my own before proceeding

[@Badkat57]

I had this issue where the project tool only locked on to the horizontal axis and didn't allow you to draw the triangle to revolve. I used XY instead of XZ and it fixed it

[@Elmarts]

These videos are fire men :)

[@corysargent5234]

Just finished Day 6 and really enjoyed it. It has me wanting to move on to the next module. However, is it best to do 1 module per day? 2 Per day? @ per week? What is the best lesson plan for this learning program? With that said, I do know the name is "Learn Fusion 360 in 30 Days" which suggests 1 module per day for 30 days. :)

[@TheL4ndlord]

How do you know the offset length is 8.5 mm? Is there any ways to automate the calculation of offset exact length?

[@Johnny-xi1fg]

Is there any disadvantage using the coincident function to snap the triangle to the corner of the body, instead of using projection ? The Sketch is still fully defined and if i change the size of the nut the cutout will change too.

[@carloberja7834]

how did you determine the hole offset to be 8.5mm so that it doesn't intersect with the bottom chamfer?

[@laserlisa]

How can I create the revolve chamfer when my object is not located in the orgin point? Somewhere random in the coordinate system?

[@TomStoneMagic]

Nice! Although, the equal constraint tool at 3:20 refused to work for me, so I had to use the dimension tool for both measurements. Not sure why it didn't work, since I followed you exactly. A bug, maybe?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Very strange! Not sure without seeing it happen/the file. Next time, export the file and I'll take a look :)

[@sanjeevshrestha5049]

Had the same issue, the sketch was outside the component. Try to select the component first

[@ReviewGameNL]

I'm not getting the Drill point option after selecting the correct hole type, hole tap type and thread offset. Although my result looks the same.

[@Uujjjkiuuhhhy7u]

same here

[@citizenpd]

what is a circumcised polygon tool?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Inscribed Polygon: Creates a polygon by defining a circle inside it. Circumscribed Polygon: Creates a polygon by defining a circle outside it. Edge Polygon: Creates a polygon by defining one of its edges.

[@cesarsantiago7619]

What about a square tube 1 1/2 x 3 inches x 1/8 thicker hallow?

[@Karl-Hungus]

So I have been trying this but when I sketch the triangle on the selected point its translating it to the center of the line edge and not the point . I cannot figure out why . I know I am missing something but I have no idea what. I followed exactly what you did as far as i can tell.

[@moritzvaneimern299]

Quick question... Aren't you missing an opening for the screw? This nut has a thread that is closed up on both sides or am I tripping?

[@RobSandstromDesigns]

In my version of 360 - personal hobbyist version I don't have a selection for Drill Point. Is this because of it being a personal version or is it because I am using a newer version than in the video?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

This specific difference is due to an update to the feature and not unique to the license type.

[@RobSandstromDesigns]

@@ProductDesignOnline thank you for taking time to respond.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

You're welcome! Happy to help!@@RobSandstromDesigns

[@Joe_Bandit]

When I was drawing the triangle over the hex nut, the line tool stopped drawing after each click, so I had to click each corner again to start and stop the line. As a result my triangle sketch didn't have the red padlock and didn't work. I could proceed by hiding the hex before I started drawing the triangle but I couldn't figure out why it was working differently to the video, does anyone know? I did check the nut had a face centered already.

[@096r.s.sreeharish8]

hello sir, that revolve option with cut operation for me its not functioning even though i have tries many times its not automatically changing to cut and i am not able to do it manually also i am having only new body and new operation options.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Can you double-check you're using the Solid Body (blue) revolve command? Also, making sure the previous 3D body is visible (turned on) in the Browser. If not visible, it may act as if there are no existing 3D bodies to cut through.

[@TripLives]

When it comes to naming Bodies and Sketches...what's the difference? Is the sketch the 2D drawing and the Hex Nut the extruded model as a whole?

[@kazper1994]

Hey, love your series. Trying to learn F360 so i can create my own 3d stuff. I got a question. When applying the hole and I select "All" the selection for "Drill Point" disappears. Is this new or am I missing something?

[@BritanyBenoit-xw2sp]

Me too! I have clicked and unclicked all the things, and it is still gone with the other constraints.

[@jeremytegland6663]

I marked this up to the software (engineers) realizing if it was through "All" there wouldn't be a drill point to worry about.

[@zhaifulton8075]

i can't find the selection menu in 3:56

[@shannahsantucci3017]

But readjusting the tap at the end is actually making it unusable?

[@LucasPfaff]

the "collision" of the chamfer with the thread is wanted though, isn't it? If the chamfer just sits on top and has no "connection" to the thread, it won't be screwable

[@pattygq]

Is drill point missing in the newer versions of Fusion 360? 5:02

[@ProductDesignOnline]

I still see it on my end in the latest vesrion. Are you on the Personal Use license? Could you share a link to a screenshot?

[@Yurippe_]

@@ProductDesignOnline i'm having the same issue and i'm on education license i.imgur.com/ycdScXH.png

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Thanks for sharing the image! I still see it on the Commercial license. I've reached out to someone at Autodesk to see if this is intentional or a bug. Will report back here if/when I hear back. :)

[@thBear123]

I don't have the Thread features on the hole option as well as the drill point. Is this part of the same bug as well? Because of this, I do not have an offset option while adding a thread.@@ProductDesignOnline

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@thBear123 yes. The Autodesk person o spoke to said it's a known bug for the Personal Use license.

[@neofytospolkarios5158]

I have no idea why but I'm unable to select chamfer cutout.

[@eustacebhagg2808]

When I do the projection then select the line tool, it doesn’t connect the hypotenuse line of the triangle. It acts like I’m making a sketch out n the object and when I hide the object. It’s just two black lines of the triangle and then purple lines following out of the black lines with purple dots on the ends I don’t understand how I can follow along EXACTLY as the video shows and yet I have these stupid issues with no way to correct it. And I’m stuck, unable to follow along further

[@geminieve6792]

mee too!

[@geminieve6792]

For what it's worth I had this exact problem for an hour. Read the comments looking for what up, finally just saved and closed the file. Upon reopening, it worked as it should have 😛

[@jonathandyson1906]

Great tuition and videos, thank you, but I'm struggling like mad with this. I have done and re-done so many time but the triangle will not show the red lock sign. Only shows the little pencil (or whatever it is) Can somebody please help and tell me what I am doing wrong? Thank you

[@ProductDesignOnline]

It is likely a constraint is missing. Can you share the file?

[@andreybondarenko3042]

I can't help but noticing that the thread should be colliding with/cuutting through the hole chamfer, actually. If the thread is not cutting through all the length of the material you can't put this nut on the bolt, stud or whatnot. Shortened thread looks better on the screen but it is not usable in the real world. It was also the same mistake with the coke bottle thread. Despite this little criticism, your course is really good. The format of short bite-sized videos provides excellent delivery and you don't waste viewer's time on intros and all the small talk and beatring around the bush.

[@jacknoble1808]

Pretty Clever how you eliminated the "collision" between the thread and the bore chamfer rendering the nut unusable. A 'real' nut would include the collision.

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Good catch 😉

[@jamesstein8844]

How would you make the collision happen on the top chamfer? With it on the bottom doesn't that mean there is now a "TOP" to the nut? As in it would work thread in one orientation and not the other?

[@wanstronian]

5:02 anybody know why I don't get a "Drill Point" option?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

It's a known bug for the Personal Use license. Autodesk is working on a fix.

[@oblewow]

I made the following mistake: For some reason, I pressed 'Finish Sketch' after drawing the chamfer profile. When I went to use the rotate tool, I found I could not select the entire profile, only the individual lines. As soon as the sketch is renamed, just activate the rotate tool without pressing Finish Sketch. Hopefully this helps someone!

[@TheMidwestJess]

It helped me, thank you! I still can't figure out how to get the chamfer profile sketch to show underneath the sketch folder of the hex nut component, but it doesn't seem to be affecting it, so I'm not gonna question it for now. I tried creating the chamfer profile sketch after clicking under the main origin plane, and also tried it after clicking under the hex nut component's origin plane, and neither option seems to allow me to put the chamfer profile sketch in the same sketch folder as the hex polygon. But even without this, with having the chamfer profile sketch be on its own (not under a component), it still allowed me to cut through the body of the hex nut, so I'm just gonna hope it doesn't break anything later on in the tutorial...

[@neeru8381]

3:57 second how to goto select menu option

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Click and hold until it appears. Just before that timestamp, I mention 'we can click and hold in this area..." :)

[@edsontovar6675]

Not seeing the drill point option. Maybe because im using the free version?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Hmmm. I believe the hole command is the same in each license type. What version of Fusion are you on?

[@davidhall9932]

I am stuck on this lesson. No matter what I do, my version of 360 will not create the triangle for the chamfer. I follow your instructions to the letter but no matter how many times I do it, it only creates two sides of the triangle and not three. I am about to lose my mind. Any suggestions?

[@consciousape]

just click on the line command again and join the remaining side, it wont make a difference

[@noweare1]

make sure you are sketching on x z plane then in menu choose project then click the top right of the nut that creates a point where you start your triangle sketch. Use the Origin x z plane, so your origin has to be on to select that plane.

[@bobbybyrnes8910]

Just checking to see if I was the only one with this problem, I could not get a sketch dimension on the triangle as it would say it is over constrained. I do not know what I should do

[@g0ret]

Late to the party, the issue is that both of your sides have a dimension, delete the other dimension and then apply equal constraint

[@supreme.__.]

Why am I missing the drill point option?

[@ProductDesignOnline]

It's a known bug with the Personal Use license at the moment. (Not sure when it's supposed to be fixed)

[@rcplanestands4906]

I've been following along for the first five days, but, I got totally lost with the revole tool and can't figure it out. You're NOT showing how you did that.

[@scottvitelle8423]

near the end, the bolt would only screw in from one side. Then you made unable to screw in from either side...

[@mind-byte]

I thought the frequency of these tutorials would be one every day for a month

[@FromLake]

2:11 a crucial step is left out. I got no idea what to select as profile

[@ProductDesignOnline]

That timestamp is a preview of what's "up next" in the lesson. Please see 2:30-4:00 where you draw and select the sketch profile.

[@coman12345678910]

Obviously you select the profile of the triangle you just made...

[@Kralasaurusx]

Am I mistaken, or does Fusion 360's countersink hole threads not quite right? If you compare the thread that Fusion generates with that of a real nut and look closely, what you'll find is that the topmost thread carves out a portion of the countersink so that the screw threads can pass cleanly. Fusion's countersink threading on the other hand makes the countersink a perfectly conical cutout such that where the thread meets the countersink, it's impossible for the screw thread to pass through until the screw physically cuts out a groove the very first time it passes through. When people 3D print threads like this, maybe they chalk it up to print tolerance when the screw doesn't fit cleanly (at first) but AFAICT it's actually that Fusion 360 is just wrong with the way it abruptly ends the threading at the countersink, failing to carve out the final stretch of the thread into the countersink. If you don't believe me, try changing the hole type to "simple" and then do the countersink manually by carving out a cone from the center of the nut, and notice how the thread differs from Fusion's countersink threading in that it extends into the countersink.

[@Lyle-yz4ty]

Really enjoyed the tutorials but at this release rate its going to be yrs not 30 days to learn Fushion 360.. just sayin :)

[@ProductDesignOnline]

Free content is worth the wait ;) In all seriousness, I have to prioritize things. You can donate to the channel here which helps greatly: www.patreon.com/productdesignonline

[@nabeel164]

@@ProductDesignOnline absolutely worth the wait!

[@ProductDesignOnline]

@@nabeel164 thanks! I appreciate your understanding :)

[@sulaimanadewale320]

WHy is my rectancle floating 🥲🥲🥲